Spontaneus spectacles

Impulse buying is awesome. It's the ultimate test of your intuition and instinct. It's not for everyone, heading straight for the checkout with minimal time for deliberation would cause angina-esque symptoms for some. Do I really need it? What if I change my mind? Can I afford it? Maybe I should write a list of pros and cons? Does my bum look big? Bollocks to that. There's nowt as liberating as a spontaneous purchase.

So in the spirit of not thinking twice, I've just bought myself new specs, not because I need 'em or needed to get rid of 300 quid, but because I bloody love the frames. Love is all you need. And here they are in all their selfie glory.

(The jacket's new too, a bargalicious Asos purchase. On a whim obvs)

I'm so not bothered about designer gear but these ones just happen to be Gucci. Most importantly they're plastic but with proper nose pads. A very rare find. They could've been Happy Shopper and I would've bought them still, such is the plight of a flat nosed person. Hardly any plastic frames fit because of the lack of a sizeable nose bridge. I bought my current ones in Seoul last year, I figured my fellow ethnic origin men would experience similar issues and the range of frames would be designed accordingly. My assumption paid off, I struck gold in the Gangnam area, plastic frames with much heftier moulded nose pads for less than a tenner. Gangnam style, minus sexy ladies and silly dance moves.

The new specs are the 4th pair I've bought in 4 years, all thanks to having a sister who manages an optician's. Family discount innit. Unfortunately (for me, brilliant for her) my sister's departing the ophthalmology trade to take over the store management of a craft shop so I don't reckon I'll make it 5 in 5 years. But I might just take up crocheting and origami if the price is right.

Frankly and morally wrong

To the surprise of nobody, David Cameron has admitted to profiting from offshore, tax free investments. Hashtag resigncameron. Or as some right wing media put it: Jeremy Corbyn accuses the Prime Minister of tax evasion, let's get Corbyn sacked. Hashtag desperation. 

The leaked documents that added Files to the list of words associated with Panama, along with Hat and Canal, exposed he of Big Society fame as a scheming hypocrite. Having previously called tax evasion 'frankly and morally wrong', the despicable cretin has finally had his (at least temporary) comeuppance. Frankly my dear, your morals are all wrong. 

What I wholeheartedly object to is the unashamed greed of the rich and richer. Fine, earn your millions through whatever method, legit or dubious, but at least pay your bloody taxes. There are plenty of apparently acceptable ways of reducing the amount of tax you pay, Mrs Cameron Snr clearly knows a few, so don't go out of your way to reduce your contribution to zero. And rest assured you'll still have plenty left, you won't have to swap Wagyu for Potted.

Whilst I admit that at times it'd be great to dodge the tax man and take home 100% of earnings, I'm usually one of life's jolly tax payers. I'm a Swede, it's what we do. As long as you've got enough to live comfortably what's the big deal? Besides I've long adopted the less-buys-more approach to style renewal, so whereas I'd LOVE to own a Jil Sander coat reality dictates that one can buy 50 jackets for the same price. I don't think I've bought 50 jackets yet in my life so frankly my dear, I don't give a damn about over priced designers.

Here's an outfit I bought instead:

Grey blazer from Burton
Red roll neck jumper from Topman
Striped pocket square from KappAhl

According to the people in the know, grey is one of the key colours this season so wear with gusto until some freakishly hip fashionista declares that noone wears grey anymore.

I also bought another outfit, role reversal this time:



Deep red harrington jacket from Zara
Grey jumper from Topman

The Harrington is an ideal jacket for the warmer months, lightweight but sufficiently substantial, sharp but versatile, dress up, dress down, and anyone who doesn't want to look like Steve McQueen truly is frankly and morally wrong.